Ninety games in 11 months: is the Caitlin Clark Experience sustainable?

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Indiana’s rookie star has been thrown into the WNBA cauldron only 38 days after her final college game. How much is too much?

Indiana’s rookie star has been thrown into the WNBA cauldron 38 days after her final college game. How much is too much?

But Saturday’s nationally televised breakout also saw Indiana beaten soundly for the third time in three games, showing just how far the Fever and their 22-year-old wunderkind have to go. After making everything look so effortless at Iowa, even the simplest basketball tasks have become heavy lifting. “The physicality, I think the way teams are guarding,” she said. “You go back and watch the film, and I’m stepped way away from the play and I’m still getting face guards.”All of it gives rise to questions of sustainability. Should Clark suit up for the entirety of Indiana’s regular-season slate, she will have played 79 games in less than an 11-month span.

 

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